{"id":652,"date":"2013-10-14T21:43:28","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T05:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/systemsolver.com\/StatlerBlog\/?p=652"},"modified":"2013-10-14T21:43:28","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T05:43:28","slug":"thank-you-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/systemsolver.goodhealthyday.com\/StatlerBlog\/2013\/10\/14\/thank-you-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank you letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themorningnews.org\/article\/how-to-write-a-thank-you-note\">http:\/\/www.themorningnews.org\/article\/how-to-write-a-thank-you-note<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Get yourself some stationery, plain note cards or a selection of attractive postcards (yes, postcards are perfectly acceptable!), and proper postage. Avoid the pre-inscribed \u2018Thank you!\u2019 cards in loopy script, as there are times you\u2019ll want to write notes where that aesthetic feels all wrong. Better to choose paper you like. Stay away from full-size sheets<\/li>\n<li>Greet the Giver &#8212; Dear Aunt Sally,<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/li>\n<li>Express Your Gratitude &#8212; Thank you so much for the slippers. Also\u2014and this is important\u2014never directly mention money. \u2018Thank you for the hundred bucks\u2019 could instead be \u2018Thank you for your generosity.\u2019 All cash denominations become \u2018your generosity\u2019 or \u2018your kindness.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Discuss Use &#8212; It gets very chilly here in the winter, so they will get a lot of use when winter comes. f the gift was cash, allude to how you will use the money, but do not itemize your planned purchases line by line, instead simply say: \u2018It will be a great help when we purchase our new home\/toaster\/lava lamp\/whatever.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Mention the Past, Allude to the Future &#8212; It was great to see you at my birthday party, and I hope to see you at Dad\u2019s retirement in February.<\/li>\n<li>Grace &#8212; Thanks again for your gift.<\/li>\n<li>Regards &#8212; Love, Leslie<\/li>\n<li>What\u2019s Not There &#8212; Any news about your life. This isn\u2019t the time to brag about your new job, a hot girlfriend, or number of surgeries. The thank-you is exclusively about thanking somebody for their kindness. While you may want more than anything to show them once and for all you amounted to something, this is not the forum. Save that for your annual Christmas letter.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to http:\/\/www.themorningnews.org\/article\/how-to-write-a-thank-you-note Summary: Get yourself some stationery, plain note cards or a selection of attractive postcards (yes, postcards are perfectly acceptable!), and proper postage. Avoid the pre-inscribed \u2018Thank you!\u2019 cards in loopy script, as there are times you\u2019ll want to write notes where that aesthetic feels all wrong. Better to choose paper you like. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/systemsolver.goodhealthyday.com\/StatlerBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/systemsolver.goodhealthyday.com\/StatlerBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/systemsolver.goodhealthyday.com\/StatlerBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systemsolver.goodhealthyday.com\/StatlerBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systemsolver.goodhealthyday.com\/StatlerBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/systemsolver.goodhealthyday.com\/StatlerBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/systemsolver.goodhealthyday.com\/StatlerBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systemsolver.goodhealthyday.com\/StatlerBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systemsolver.goodhealthyday.com\/StatlerBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}